Silo



L. TABOR SILO Filed June 16, 1923 July 29 1924.

Patented July 2Q, 1924.

rn rifas Lua-I Tanon, or DETROIT. MICHIGAN.

' jsILo.

Application filed June 16, 1923. Serial No. 645,785.

To all 1li/01m if may concern.'

Be it known that I, Luni TAoma citizen' of the United States, residingat Detroit, in the county of l/Vayne and State ofMichigan, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in a Silo; and I do hereby declarethe following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it apertains to make and use the same.

The inventionrelates to a silo, and more particularly to the door andfixtures cooperating with the door, whereby the latter is hingedlyconnected to the silo to admit of the door swingingclear of the dooropening to admit of ready access to the interior of the silo, andwhereby, when the door is closed, it may be tightened and drawn intoclose contact with the sides of the door opening to insure a close lit.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent and suggest themselves asthe nature of the invention is understood.

While the drawings illustrate an embodiment of the invention it is to beunderstood 2 2 of Figure 1,

Figure 3 is a vert-ical section on the line 3 3 of Figure 1, showing theparts on a larger scale, and

Figure 4 is a vertical section on the line 4 4 of Figure 1, the partsappearing on a larger scale.

Corresponding and like parts are referred toin the following descriptionand designated in the several views of the drawings by like referencecharacters.

The numeral 1 designates the body of the silo which is provided in aside with a plurality ofk openings 2 which are adapted to be closed bydoors 3. The inner face of each of the doors 3 comes about flush withthe inner side of the silo to prevent projecting parts which wouldmaterially interfere with the settling of the ensilage. Each of thedoors 3 is provided upon its outer side with l' a' crossbar 4 in whichare formed openings lconstituting hand holes. The crossbars 4 constituterungs and reinforcing and vfastening means. Angle irons 6 are disposedat opposite sides of each of the crossbars 4 and bridgingly connect thesame to the door 3.

Short parallel straps 7 are riveted or otherwise secured to oppositesides of an end portion of each of the crossbars 4 and are apermeanswhereby the door may be pressed inwardly when closed. A member 13pivotally connected to the opposite end of the crossbar 4, cooperateswith a threaded pin 14 and nut 15 mounted thereon, whereby the oppositeportion of the door may be pressed inwardly. The member 13 issubstantially of U-form in cross section and its elements are spacedapart a distance to receive between them the crossbar 4 and threaded pin14. A pivot 16KK connects the member 13 to the crossbar 4.

When the door is inr closed position, the threaded pins 11 and 14passbetween the respective parts 7 and 13 and the nuts mounted thereonengage such partsv so that the door may be pressed inwardly to secure aclose joint with the door opening.

What is claimed is:

- 1. A silo having an opening in a sidek thereof, a door for closingsaid opening, a crossbar secured to the outer side of the door, spacedstraps secured to an end portion of the crossbar, means for pivotallyconnecting said straps to the body of the silo at one side of the dooropening, a member pivotally connected to the opposite end of thecrossbar, and means mounted upon the silo and engaging the pivotedmember and coacting therewith to hold the doorin closed position.

2. A silo having a door opening, threadedY pins at opposite sides of thedoor opening extending outwardly from the body of thel silo, a door forclosing said opening, a crossbar secured to the outer side of the door,

spaeedstraps` secured to an end off the .Grossbar and adapted to eoaetwithone of the threaded pins, means pvotally eonneotingf.4V

said straps with the bodyrof the silo, and a member pvoted to theopposite end of the orossbar and adapted to ooaet with the othercrossba-r, a pin projectingA outwardly' from the body of the silo, apvot mounted upon said pin and engaging the; said straps, a

member pvoted to the opposite. end ofl thel enossbari threaded pins projeetng outwardly romfthe body of the siloand disposed upon opposite sidesof the door opening, the one passing between said spaced straps and theother passing between elements of the pvoted member, and mea-ns mountedon the threaded pms for seeurmg the door and 1nysuringa close jointbetween the door and door opemng.

In testimony whereof I afx my signature 25 in presence kof twowitnesses.

LURI TABOR. Witnesses:

JNO. F. CORRIGAN, G.V M. TERRY.

